Korea's Largest Internet Portal Selects BakBone, Standardizes on Linux
15 November 2004 - 7:10PM
PR Newswire (US)
Korea's Largest Internet Portal Selects BakBone, Standardizes on
Linux - NetVault Delivers Enterprise Level Data Protection and High
Data Availability for More Than 37 Million Users SAN DIEGO, Nov. 15
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BakBone Software(TM) (TSE:BKB)(OTC:BKBOF)
(BULLETIN BOARD: BKBOF) , a global provider of data protection
software, today announced that Daum Communications Corp., South
Korea's top website operator, has chosen BakBone's NetVault
software to provide enterprise level data protection and high
availability of critical customer data to its more than 37 million
users. (Logo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20031120/SDBAKLOGO) Recognizing
the cost, stability and security benefits of Linux, Daum migrated
more than 90 percent of its infrastructure to Linux. Faced with
needing to protect several petabytes of data, Daum looked to
BakBone to meet the data protection requirements of its environment
and 24x7x365 business objectives. Daum selected BakBone for its
full-featured capabilities on Linux, scalable architecture enabling
high-performance backups, and ability to support and centrally
manage the portal's heterogeneous environment. "As the data
protection vendor of choice for companies migrating their
operations to Linux, BakBone is pleased to bring its leading edge
Virtual Tape Library (VTL) technology and Linux expertise to South
Korea's largest Internet portal, Daum Communications," said Howard
Weiss, vice president of Pacific Rim at BakBone Software. "Fueled
by the growth of information and data, Internet companies require
solutions that guarantee high data availability in order to remain
competitive. NetVault's true power as an easy-to-deploy and
heterogeneous enterprise data protection solution, as demonstrated
in Daum's rigorous evaluation process, ensures Daum complete
reliability and protection for its hundreds of millions of files
and several petabytes of data." "Every one of our 37 million
customers relies on Daum to keep their data secure and available,"
said Lee Joonho, CIO of Daum Communications Corp. "With NetVault's
flexible architecture and built-in VTL capabilities, we are able to
backup and restore petabytes of data from several thousand systems
with impressive performance. Additionally, we have been able to
seamlessly deploy our backup and recovery strategy across multiple
operating systems throughout the enterprise with the same levels of
data reliability and availability. It's this guarantee of data
protection that allows us to sleep well at night." Using NetVault's
VTL capability, Daum can quickly restore data in less than half the
time of other backup methods. Often referred to as disk-to-disk
(D2D) backup/restore, NetVault's VTL redirects the backup stream to
disk rather than tape for high-speed backups and rapid application
recovery in the event of a failure. Since the VTL emulates a tape
library, but is really disk, NetVault achieves rapid restores,
significantly higher backup and recovery performance as well as
enhanced administration, despite ever-increasing volumes of data.
As the tenth largest company in South Korea as of 2004, Daum is
South Korea's leading Internet portal and announced in October its
acquisition of Lycos. BakBone continues to build customer traction
in South Korea, adding Daum to an already impressive list of
Internet customers, including Korea DACOM, Club 5678 and other
major global portal sites. South Korea is one of the world's most
Internet-savvy nations, with 28.6 million Internet users, or more
than 60 percent of its population, and more than 11 million
broad-band service subscribers, according to government data --
over four times that of North America. About Daum Communications
Corp. Daum Communications Corp., based on Asia's largest Internet
platform, is an Internet Media Group with businesses in
communications, online shopping, entertainment, and finance with
over 37 million registered members. Daum Communications Corp.
envisions the new Internet media as the gateway and public square
between individuals and community. About BakBone Software, Inc.
BakBone Software is a leading international data protection
solution provider that develops and distributes data backup,
restore, and disaster recovery software for network storage and
open-systems environments. BakBone delivers scalable solutions that
address the complex demands of large enterprise environments, as
well as small to medium size businesses. Founded in 2000, BakBone
products are used by Fortune 1000 corporations and domestic and
international government entities. Distributed through a select
global network of OEM partners, resellers and solution providers,
interested companies can learn more information about BakBone's
products and services at http://www.bakbone.com/ or email . Safe
Harbor This press release contains forward-looking statements that
involve risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other factors, which,
if they do not materialize or prove correct, could cause BakBone's
results to differ materially from historical results, or those
expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. The
potential risks and uncertainties may include, but are not limited
to: the complete installation and acceptance of NetVault software
within Daum Communication Corp's IT environment; competition in our
target markets; potential capital needs; management of future
growth and expansion; risk of third-party claims of infringement;
protection of proprietary information, customer acceptance of the
Company's products and fee structures; the success of BakBone's
brand development efforts; risks associated with strategic
alliances; reliance on distribution channels; product
concentration; need to develop new and enhanced products; potential
product defects; our ability to hire and retain qualified employees
and key management personnel; and risks associated with changes in
domestic and international market conditions and the entry into and
development of international markets for the Company's products.
Our forward-looking statements should be considered in the context
of these and other risk factors disclosed in our most recent report
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which may be
found at http://www.sec.gov/, as well as those risk factors
disclosed in the current report filed with the Canadian Securities
Administrators, which is available on SEDAR at
http://www.sedar.com/. All future written and oral forward-looking
statements made by us or on our behalf are also subject to these
factors. BakBone assumes no obligation to update any
forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances
arising after the date on which it was made. BakBone, BakBone
Software, NetVault, Application Plugin Module, APM and the BakBone
logo are all trademarks or registered trademarks of BakBone
Software, Inc., in the United States and/or in other countries. All
other brands, products or service names are or may be trademarks,
registered trademarks or service marks of, and used to identify,
products or services of their respective owners. For further
information, please contact Dani Kenison of BakBone Software, Inc.,
+1-858-795-7584, .
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